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Date clarification seems to be there. Not sure if FAA corrected or article intentionally misleading.
Either way, much ado about nothing.
http://www.faa.gov/uas/law_enforcement/media/LEO_guidance_card.pdf

http://www.airbusgroup.com/int/en/news-media/press-releases/Airbus-Group/Financial_Communication/2015/07/20150708_atr_cleansky.html
"The “green” ATR 72 prototype today made the first flight of the “Clean Sky Joint Technology Initiative (CS JTI)” test campaign. CS JTI is a measure adopted by the European Parliament to support the trend of public-private partnership (PPP) initiatives in the field of research, with the aim of jointly developing a wide spectrum of technologies devoted to a clean, innovative and competitive air transport system. The Clean Sky goal is to achieve major steps towards the ACARE Environmental Goals for 2020 when compared to 2000 levels: 50% reduction in CO2 emissions, 80% cut in NOx emissions and halving of noise pollution. The project is financed 50/50 by the aeronautical industry and by the European Union.
ATR has been part of the project since it was created in 2008, playing the role of Associate to its Italian shareholder Alenia Aermacchi, the Coordina

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"Airbus Group’s all-electric E-Fan technology demonstrator aircraft is being readied for its Channel crossing this Friday, 10 July. The aircraft will soon be on its way from France's Aquitaine region to the starting point of its Channel crossing in Lydd, England.
Transported on a truck and shipped by a ferry from the French to the English side of the Channel, the E-Fan will perform first test flights on Thursday, 9 July in Lydd.
The historic flight over the Channel, following the footsteps of Louis Blériot’s first Channel crossing 106 years ago, is scheduled for Friday, 10 July to begin at 9:15 GMT/ 10:15 CET, pending appropriate weather conditions.
As electric flight is a new domain for the aviation industry, no rules exist as of yet to verify the airworthiness of an electrical engine. Therefore, the French Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile (DGAC), Airbus Group and its partners have elaborated a dedicated test and verification

Direct link to youtube video from article:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/KKCW-5tEgcg
More info at Bombardier website:
http://news.commercialaircraft.bombardier.com/c-series/
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